Holster



Sept. 7, 1937.- w J, MYRES 2,092,222

HOLSTER Filed 001;. l, 1936 Inventor A iiomeys Patented Sept. 7, 1937UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application October 1,

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a holster or scabbard for sidearms such as apistol or the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a holster which may besuspended from the belt in a manner to give a quick draw from a fixedposition of the holster.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a reinforcement forholsters of the extended belt loop type whereby the latter will berendered more satisfactory and desirable.

The above objects are obtained by the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawing wherein:-

Figure l is a side View of the holster used from the body contactingside and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, I represents the body of the holster and 2 a leatherwelt stitched between the holster leather at the enclosure at the rearlongitudinal edge 3 of the holster. The welt 2 serves to stiffen theholster and spaces the converging rear side portions of the holstersuficiently apart to eliminate binding at the trigger guard of thefirearm, this being noted from Fig. 1 that the welt 2 is arcuatelycurved to make a snug fit around the trigger guard.

The holster space is closed at the bottom by a flat piece 4 of leatherhaving a contour similar to a horse shoe and which is stitched, asindicated at 5, flush with the bottom of the holster as shown in Fig. 2.The holster leather is extended upwardly on one side as shown at 6 andstraddling the extension 6 is the extended belt loop I, being stitchedto the holster as shown at 8 and 9.

The extended belt loop has previously been used on holsters, but hasbeen unsatisfactory because of its looseness, allowing the gun when inthe holster to flap about, thus giving an unfixed 1936, Serial No.103,607

position of the gun. An important feature of this invention is theimprovements over previous holsters worn or suspended from the belt bymeans of the extended belt loop which overcomes the objection appendantupon the use of this otherwise satisfactory holster.

This improvement consists of a plate ID of any stiffening materialinserted between the outer leg H of the belt loop and the adjacentportion ll of the holder body. This plate of stiffening material can bemade any shape to conform to the shape of the holster used and it can beof such weight that will not bend easily, yet can be formed to fit thegun and contour of the body of the carrier. Metal plate I!) is to be ofsufficient length to give stiffness to belt loops from stitches 8 tostitches 9 and constitutes the reinforcing part which when applied tothe holster of the extended belt loop type makes the latter a verypractical one for use on any belt, particularly on the Sam Browne belt.By reason of the reinforcing plate, the belt loop is adequatelystiffened and the holster is held substantially rigid to give a fixedand certain position of the gun.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A holster comprising a body portion including front and rear walls,respectively, the latter extending well above the front wall to providea flap-like extension on said rear wall, a plate-like reinforcing memberof relatively stiff material on the rear face of said rear wall andterminating substantially midway of the said body portion and short ofthe upper end of said extension, and a belt loop comprising a pair oflegs straddling said extension, rear wall and member and looped abovesaid extension, the legs of said belt loop being stitched to said rearwall and extension around the sides and adjacent opposite ends of saidmember.

WILLIAM J. MYRES.

